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texlive-bin — security advisory
dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which can then be read or modified in place.
- Products
- texlive-bin
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2007-13
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-5936
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which can then be read or modified in place.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5936
texlive-bin
Fixed versions: 2007-13
texlive-bin
Fixed versions: 2007-13
texlive-bin
Fixed versions: 2007-13
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5936",
"method": "structured",
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"modified": "2026-10-21T17:47:48.065247680Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 398669,
"published_at": "2007-11-13T22:46:00+00:00"
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